Last Time on Pair of Kings

Zatch was mysteriously attacked by someone who looked like him, and lost his memory with something that the other Zatch did to him. After being shoved into the sea inside a barrel he met a boy named Koby who was a member of the Pirate Captain Alvida, a mean and vicious and-

Zatch: Ugly and mean and fat! She was scarier than Tia!

Tia: What did you say Zatch?!

Zatch: Ahhh! She's here!

Nami: Well you shouldn't have said that you know better.

Luffy&Ussop: Haha! Zatch is getting yelled at by Tia again!

Nami: YOU TWO SHUT UP!

L&U: HAIIIIIIIIII NAMI-SAN!

Author: -.\ I am so done with you people... Sanji!

Sanji: Terzo-Kid does not own One Piece or Zatch Bell/ Konjiki no Gash Bell; please support the official release though.

Author: Good job Sanji!

Sanji: Anything for you Pri- *WHACK* 3

Author: Baka! Don't say my real name! Anyways... Onto the Story!

Luffy and Koby sat in the small boat looking out to see trying to find Zatch who, of course, jumped in screaming something about yellow tails. Luffy would go after him but his powers don't work underwater and Koby won't go either because he naturally can't swim. Thus making the two look out for the blonde mamodo, "Where could he be?"

"Zatch! Are you out there?!" Luffy yelled as they listened; no reply from anywhere. Luffy sat down, "Well if he wanted to go swimming he should've waited till we got to land."

"But I didn't go swimming I went to catch some yellowtail." The two turned to see Zatch naked with three yellowtails making Luffy laugh and Koby freaked out. "I caught one for all of us too!"

"Really!? Zatch you're so sweet!" Luffy said stretching his arms wrapping around the fish around Zatch's back. He took a bite out of it and stopped spitting it out, "THIS TASTE DISGUSTING!"

"HUH?!" Zatch yelled taking a huge bite, chewing then swallowed, "No it doesn't! Don't scare me like that Luffy..."

"Yes it does!" Luffy yelled back, "Maybe we should cook it!"

"WHAT!? Then it will taste bad have you no shame?" Zatch asked with a glare making Luffy glare back. Koby wanting to stop the two spotted a land and smiled as the headed for it.

"Land!" Zatch and Luffy turned and smiled as they headed for it. Koby looked closer and freak, "Oh no! That's a Marin base we can't land there."

"Why not?! I want to explore and see the new island!" Zatch yelled as Koby just shook his head making Luffy curious.

"Because that Marine Base is holding the dangerous pirate hunter, Roronoa Zoro." Zatch tilted his head a bit at Koby in confusion. Luffy on the other hand had an excited face as he began to row the boat faster startling Koby and making Zatch laugh in excitement.

"Full speed ahead!"

"Aye aye Captain!" Zatch yelled at him and Luffy fist bumped making Koby scared for his life.

"Wow! This town is so cool!~" Zatch yelled as he went from shop to shop looking at all the shops. Luffy was laughing holding his now full stomach as Koby was thinking, "Hey, hey! Look at that!"

"Hahaha what an interesting restaurant! We got to go there again, right Zatch?" Zatch turned to Luffy with a nod before going back to looking around.

"That's strange though... I have a bad feeling," Luffy laughed as Zatch made a funny face as he smelled some stuff. Koby put a hand to his chin, "I can understand why they'd be scared after hearing Roronoa Zoro's name, since he could escape at any time... but why would they be afraid of a Marine Lieutenant's name too?!"

"Well, he could've done something bad... right?" Zatch nodded as he landed on his feet looking at Luffy.

"That's impossible!" Luffy just laughed it off, "I'm serious!" Zatch groaned in boredom as they walked along the streets. He wished there was more to do as they walked towards a huge blue building making him sigh in boredom.

"Luffy where are we going anyways?" Zatch said as he trudged behind Luffy and Koby getting bored of everything already.

"We're here! looks pretty ugly up close," Zatch looked with stars in his eyes as Koby took a big gulp of saliva looking up. Luffy and Zatch looked at him with neutral faces, "Well... go ahead Koby.

"B...But I'm not prepared yet!" Zatch raised an eyebrow as he swallowed again, "B-besides... that incident at the restaurant got me thinking..."

"Hmm? I can smell someone," Zatch said as he started to follow the scent with his nose before crashing on to the wall. He looked at it before looking towards Luffy, "Luffy help me up!"

"Sure!" Luffy said as he jumped up before helping Zatch up and looking around the empty courtyard. He out a hand on his forehead, "Now let's see... Monster? I wonder where he is..."

"Luffy, Zatch get down! What if someone sees you!?" Zatch got on the wall laughing in victory as he looked, "You can't find him that easily, and he's probably being kept in a secret room or something-"

"No! I saw something over there!" Zatch began to run on top of the wall trying to beat Luffy, "It could be Zoro!"

"Eh?" Zatch stopped before sniffing again and raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong Zatch?!"

"There's..." he narrowed his eyes to see another figure next to Zoro, "It seems as though someone else is next to Zoro!"

"That's true!" Luffy said as he got up again, "Look at that person..." he said as Koby struggled to get up. He took a peek and instantly fell back on to the ground and seemed as though he was going to have a heart attack. Luffy and Zatch looked at him weirdly, "What's wrong?"

"T-th-th-that black bandana and cloth around his waist..." Koby said as they kept on looking, "And that intimidating aura... it's him! It... It's Roronoa Zoro!" They looked to see a well-built man tied to a post of wood looking down making them a bit confuse. Zatch looked past him and saw a small girl with pink hair also tied up, but she was looking down but he could well see the tears.

"So he's Zoro, huh?" Luffy asked no one in particular as Zatch just stared at the pink haired girl, "Looks to me those ropes are pretty easy to break."

"S-stop joking! If you free him, he could make a mess in the town and even kill you!" Koby yelled at Luffy gaining Zoro's attention.

"Hey you!"

"Huh?" Luffy responded along with Zatch.

"Ah! He talked!" Koby squeaked getting a hit lower.

"Could you please... come over here and untie us?" Zoro asked making a sort of creepy smile. Zatch just focused on him, "We've been tied up for nine days and she looks exhausted..."

"I'm not like you weak humans..." the girl said keeping her head down as she herd Zoro talk.

"Look he's smiling..."

"He... he talked!"

"We should do something guys! I mean look at them," Zatch said standing up from where he was sitting.

"I'll repay you... I could hunt down a fugitive and give you the rewards... I'm not lying. I'll keep my words..." They looked at each other before Zatch and Luffy smiled.

"No, don't Zatch, Luffy! If you do it you guys won't be so lucky don't be tricked by his words!" Zatch ignored Koby as Luffy looked at him. "If you free him he'll kill us and escape!"

"He can't kill me," Luffy stated before looking over at Zoro, "Because... I'm strong too!" Zoro looked over at Luffy with a serious face, almost glaring at him. Luffy then patted Zatch, "Zatch is too, I mean... he shot lightning from his mouth!"

"Hmm? Me? No I can't!" Zatch said oblivious from when he shot the lightning from his mouth. Koby sweat dropped at that knowing both of them were hopeless to reason with. They heard a noise and looked beside them to see a ladder and a little girl climbing it confusing them all.

"Huh?"

"What?"

"Eh!?"

"Shhh!" She shushed them before looking all around before jumping down and running towards Zoro. She smiled up at him and then the girl, "Here mister I made you some onigiris!"

"What are you doing you idiot!?" The pink haired girl yelled scaring the girl a bit as the pink haired one looked around.

"She's right; if you don't leave then we'll all die!" Zoro yelled at her before he herd chuckling and tensed.

"Roronoa Zoro! Don't pick on little kids, or else I'll have to report that to my father!" A weird man with blonde hair came out with two marine officers following him. The pink haired girl glared at him before he shot her a stern look walking towards them.

"Tch... If it isn't the Lieutenant's bastard son..." Zoro said with a pissed off face as Helmeppo stopped in front of them.

"Bastard? Don't get cocky! My dad is a Marine Lieutenant!" He spat back with a victorious smirk on his face.

"Does it look like we give a shit you daddy complex little boy?" The pink haired girl asked as she glared at him making Helmeppo step back in shock before glaring. He then proceeding in kicking him making him cough out a bit of blood before glaring at him.

"You filthy mamodo shouldn't even be here! God wasting your time for trying to be king, it's like those filthy pirates wasting there time to find One Piece and trying to be kings!"

"Stop it! Hurt her one more time and I'll-"

"You'll what? Anyways I see the little girl made something for me," he grabbed the onigiri and smiled taking a bite out of it. He made a disgusted face throwing it to the floor and stopping on it, "THAT WAS HORRIBLE! What are you trying to do?! Kill me with those salty disgusting things!?"

"That's..." the little girl started to cry, "That's so cruel! I... I tried my hardest to make those..." she said wiping her eyes as she cried.

"Aww... don't cry," Helmeppo said putting a hand to his annoyed face with a click of his tongue, "It's no wonder I hate little brats so much." He pointed to a sign with an annoyed face, "It's your entire fault you know? Didn't you see what was written here? 'Anyone who helps a prisoner will be charged with the same crime, Marine Lieutenant Morgan.'"

"That's so cruel! How can he do that to a child!?" Zatch said standing on the wall mad as he saw Helmeppo scolding the girl. He saw as he gave an order to one of the guards before the girl was thrown out. Luffy quickly stretched his arms and caught her as Koby went to them quickly.

"Are you alright!? Those bastards!" Koby said as he checked the girl before looking back towards the wall. Zatch kept watching the scene and listening in to the conversation as he just glared at Helmeppo with hate.

"Good luck you two!" Helmeppo said while walking away making Zoro stare at him before down towards the pink haired girl.

"Seems you two are having it rough?" The pink haired looked up to see the blonde in front of her. Her eyes widened at the sight of him as Luffy stood in front of Zoro with a blank face.

"Zatch... what are you doing her? Leave!" The pink haired girl shouted at him making him utterly confused at her. He raised an eyebrow making her confused at his expression, "That's you, right?"

"Yea... but who are you?" She was shocked at the words that had left his mouth making her confused. He shook his head, "That's not the point here anyways! Are you hurt or anything? He did kick you pretty hard..."

"... I'm fine," she said looking away still in shock could this be... the same Zatch? She looked at him to see he had a big smile. She turned away again It's the same one! But how come he can't remember anything?

"Ah Luffy! We forgot the reason why we came!" Zatch said with a worried and scared face making the girl sweat drop. She saw him flailing around making her laugh nervously That Zatch alright.

"Actually, I'm looking for someone to join my pirate fleet! Zatch was my first member to join," Luffy said ruffling Zatch head as the blonde mamodo just smiled with a small laugh.

"Pirate?" The pink haired girl asked as Zoro raised an eyebrow and frowned at the two of them.

"Heh! So you just gave up on life and became a crook, huh?" Zoro said as he smirked up at Luffy. He looked down at Zatch who tilted his head, "Seems you also got one... well then kid? Are also going to be a crook?"

"It's my dream! There's nothing wrong with being a pirate!" Luffy said with a huff as Zatch looked at Zoro.

"Also he can read this strange book of mine so I'm going to join him, of course!" Zatch said with a smile shocking both Zoro and the little girl.

"Zatch what do you mean by strange book!?" The girl asked as Zatch turned to look at her before pulling out his red book.

"This thing! I couldn't read it when they found me in a barrel... but then Luffy could read it so I decided to join him!" The girls' eyes widened at the statement before looking at the red book.

"We since you're here... I'm guessing you're going to set us free and force us to join your crew?" Zoro said with a smirk as the little girls and Zatch's eyes landed towards Luffy.

"I haven't made up my mind yet," Luffy said putting a hand to his hat with a smile, "Since everyone thinks you're a bad guy." Zatch looked at the girl who had her head down again making him wonder what she was thinking about.

"A bad guy, huh..." Zoro thought about it with a smirk, "I'll never join you because I have something that I need to take care of!" Luffy became interested in what he had to say. "I could survive even if you don't help me! I just need to stay alive for one month... that bastard son promised to let us go afterwards. I'm going to do everything I can to stay alive and fulfill my dreams!"

"Same goes for me," the pink haired girl said with a smirk, "I need him alive to help me too, and you can say it's sort of like an eye for an eye... only this time it's a dream for a dream."

"Really?" The girl nodded as Zatch just stared at her having this nagging feeling for some odd reason. Luffy sighed, "If I were you I would've starved to death in a week."

"That's why we're different go find some other person to join your crew," Zoro said as the turned to leave. He then looked down, "Hey, hold on!" the two turn to look at them, "That... can you pick it up for me?"

"Sure..." Luffy bent down grabbing the squished onigiri giving it to him and watched as he devoured it. Zatch looked at the girl who was looking and remembered something as he put the book back.

"Here!" Zatch said pulling out one of the yellow fish and surprising the girl, "You must be starving." She was about to reject until her stomach growled making her blush in embarrassment before opening her mouth. He put a piece in her mouth before she devoured the big fish looking away ashamed and embarrassed about the help she got.

"Really!?" The girl now known as Rika said as she looked at Luffy and Zatch who told her of Zoro eating her hand cooked onigiri.

"Yea you should've seen him he really liked it!" Zatch said as she got even happier sighing in relief.

"I'm so happy..." Rika said as she put her hands on her chest.

"Hmm... is he really that horrible person his reputation says he is?" Koby asked as Rika shook her head looking down.

"No he isn't!" They tilted their heads in confusion, "Brother didn't do anything wrong it's just the people in this town are afraid of him. He got arrested because of me..."

"What do you mean Rika?" Zatch asked as he ate an apple before grabbing his last yellow tail and taking a bite.

"He killed Helmeppo's pet wolf because Helmeppo let his wolf run around and everyone got scared."

"So you're saying..." Luffy started out thinking, "That Zoro's only arrested because he killed Helmeppo's wolf?" Rika nodded.

"Well doesn't that make him a good guy?" Zatch asked Koby who nodded.

"You're right! So maybe he had a bad temper, but chasing down fugitives... isn't that big a crime either."

"The only bag guys here are those in the marines!" Zatch said as Rika nodded at his remark.

"But if you disobey them you'll get executed... that's why everyone is afraid of them..."

"He he he he!" They turned to the loud annoying laugh to see the devil himself, "Who dares raise his head? I'll tell my daddy!" Helmeppo was strutting down the street as everyone bowed. He had a cocky smirk as he walked; Koby was holding back Zatch as best he could so he wouldn't go causing trouble.

"Let me go Koby! I'll bite him until he apologizes to the people he did wrong!" He said trying to free himself from Koby's grip.

"Do you want to end up like Roronoa Zoro and the puny girl!? I'm going to publicly execute him in three days! I'll use him to set an example for all of you... it's going to be pretty interesting!" Helmeppo declared with a cocky smirk making Zatch and Luffy look at him.

"Three days? Didn't you say you'll give him a month?" Luffy asked as Zatch nodded caching his attention.

"Who are you? How rude!" Helmeppo stated at him before putting another amusing and cocky smirk, "I was only joking with him! Only an idiot would believe that," he said before laughing.

"What!?" Zatch yelled before he remembered what the girl had said...

I need him to live to help me too, you can say it's sort of like an eye for an eye... only this time it's a dream for a dream...

"You..." Luffy said glaring at Helmeppo...

I just need to stay alive for one month... that bastard son promised to let us go afterwards. I'm going to do everything I can to stay alive and fulfill my dreams!

"Bastard!" Zatch yelled before Luffy punched Helmeppo and Zatch bit him on the leg. Koby pulled Luffy back as Rika helped with Zatch, "What kind of person are you!? You made a promise and now you're going to break it! You're nothing but a low life!"

"You hit me!? Not even my own father has struck me!" Helmeppo yelled as the two marines helped him up. They started to run back to the base, "Thanks to you two, Roronoa Zoro and that little girl will die sooner!"

"What did you say!?" Zatch yelled as he was still being held back by Rika watching the three figures disappear. Zatch clenched his fist with a glare, "Luffy we can't let them die! We have to do something!"

"You're right Zatch, and we will do something," Luffy said with a smirk as Zatch nodded holding both fist up.

"What!?" Koby said as he stood in front of those two, "You two can't go against the whole marine base like that! You'll get killed!"

"Well we can't just sit here and do nothing Koby... They'll be killed!" Zatch yelled at his glasses friend.

"He's right and beside Zoro's going to be in my crew if he wants to or not!"

"You two are hopeless... Especially you Luffy..." Koby said receiving determined looks from the two.

"Alright! Let's go save those two from execution!"

"Yes captain!"

Next Time on Pair of Kings

"Daddy a guy hit me while a puny kid bit my leg!"

"How did I raise such a weak and disgraceful son!?"

"Captain Morgan there is a kid trying to untie Roronoa, sir!"

"We're not going to make it on time Luffy!"

"I really hope this works... ZACHAIRE!"